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I haven’t left the 9-5 corporate grind. I haven’t made thousands through affiliate marketing. The truth is I’ve joined bigger and bigger consulting firms as my career has progressed. That is something I never thought would happen. If marketing was easy, everyone would be doing it. As I’ve read and know first hand, you really have to focus and I just haven’t been able to devote time to doing it.

I did go on vacation to Hawaii recently. Traveling is the easiest way for me to partake in one of my favorite hobbies, photography. I think I’ve gotten better but I don’t really take enough pictures. Of course I’m my toughest critic though.

I basically took all my gear with me on the trip. Here’s what I currently have:

It all fits in my Lowepro camera bag and boy is it heavy. After lugging it around the airport along with my backpack which has my 13″ Macbook Pro, I decided I need a new bag to carry everything. I haven’t pulled the trigger yet but I’m leaning towards the Case Logic backpack. It looks like it was well thought out. I like how the camera is suspended/held inside the bag. However, I did buy this other Lowepro bag because it was on sale for $13. I think it’ll be a good around town bag. What I do now is just leave it on the passenger or backseat of my car. Sometimes in the family car, I put it on the floor.

North Shore

Billabong House Deck

After I got back and edited my pictures, I was a bit disappointed in the sharpness of my pictures. Most of them were taken with the ultra-wide 10-22mm. I think my biggest problems are lighting and holding steady. When I take a picture of the kids and they’re moving, I tend to react and move with them. When I get my shot, I’m pretty sure I’m not absolutely still half the time. Thank goodness for digital. One thing I did learn was to shoot using AI Servo in situations like this. I have yet to try it but I will soon.

I have a good reason to try soon because I just picked up the Canon 10-18mm f4.5-5.6 IS STM ultra-wide lens. I also signed up for a Flickr account. Hopefully I can use that to get feedback and learn from other photographers. Don’t worry, I’m not going to throw up a Facebook fauxtography page and pretend I’m a pro. Those people irk me. I know I’m critical but most of those people shouldn’t be charging anyone for their services. Anyway, here’s my Flickr Photostream.